diff --git a/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py b/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
index d3a79d4d..f9882778 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/recipe_html_import.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def get_recipe_from_source(text, url, space):
     html_data = []
     images = []
 
+    text = normalize_string(text)
     try:
         parse_list.append(remove_graph(json.loads(text)))
     except JSONDecodeError:
@@ -83,13 +84,12 @@ def get_recipe_from_source(text, url, space):
         for el in soup.find_all(type='application/json'):
             parse_list.append(remove_graph(el))
 
-    # if a url was not provided, try to find one in the first document
-    if not url:
-        if 'url' in parse_list[0]:
-            url = parse_list[0]['url']
-
     # first try finding ld+json as its most common
     for el in parse_list:
+        # if a url was not provided, try to find one in the first document
+        if not url:
+            if 'url' in el:
+                url = el['url']
 
         if isinstance(el, Tag):
             try:
diff --git a/cookbook/static/js/bookmarklet.js b/cookbook/static/js/bookmarklet.js
index 8558f584..0d2e4f1b 100644
--- a/cookbook/static/js/bookmarklet.js
+++ b/cookbook/static/js/bookmarklet.js
@@ -18,19 +18,28 @@
     }
     function initBookmarklet() {
         (window.bookmarkletTandoor = function() {
-            r = confirm('Click OK to import recipe automatically, click Cancel to import the recipe manually.'); 
-            if (r) {
-                auto=true
-            } else {
-                auto=false
-            }
+            var recipe = document.documentElement.innerHTML
+            var form = document.createElement("form");
+            var windowName = "ImportRecipe"
+            form.setAttribute("method", "post");
+            form.setAttribute("action", localStorage.getItem('importURL'));
+            form.setAttribute("target",'importRecipe');  
+            var params = { 'recipe' : recipe,'url': window.location}; 
             
-            var newIframe = document.createElement('iframe');
-            newIframe.width = '200';newIframe.height = '200';
-            newIframe.src = localStorage.getItem('importURL'); 
-            document.body.appendChild(newIframe);
-
-
+            for (var i in params) {
+                if (params.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
+                    var input = document.createElement('input');
+                    input.type = 'hidden';
+                    input.name = i;
+                    input.value = params[i];
+                    form.appendChild(input);
+                }
+                }              
+                document.body.appendChild(form);                       
+                window.open('', windowName);
+                form.target = windowName;
+                form.submit();                 
+                document.body.removeChild(form);  
             }
         )();
     }
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/import_json_working.html b/cookbook/templates/import_json_working.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c2d6fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/templates/import_json_working.html
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+<!--I PROBLABLY DON'T NEED THIS??-->
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load crispy_forms_filters %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block title %}{% trans 'Import Recipe' %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block extra_head %}
+    {% include 'include/vue_base.html' %}
+
+    <script src="{% static 'js/vue-multiselect.min.js' %}"></script>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/vue-multiselect.min.css' %}">
+    <script src="{% static 'js/vue-jstree.js' %}"></script>
+    <style>
+        .tree-anchor {
+            width:95%;
+        }
+    </style>
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block content %}
+    <div id="app">
+        <div v-if="!parsed">
+            <h2>{% trans 'Import From Source' %}</h2>
+            <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
+                <textarea class="form-control" v-model="html_recipe" rows="12" style="font-size: 12px"></textarea>
+            </div>
+            <small class="text-muted">Simply paste a web page source or JSON document into this textarea and click import.</small>
+            <br>
+            <button @click="loadRecipe()" class="btn btn-success" type="button"
+                id="id_btn_import"><i class="fas fa-code"></i>{% trans 'Import' %}
+            </button>
+        </div>
+
+        <br/>
+
+        <div v-if="loading" class="text-center">
+            <br/>
+            <i class="fas fa-spinner fa-spin fa-8x"></i>
+        </div>
+
+        <template v-if="recipe_data !== undefined">
+            <p>this is the recipe form
+        </template>
+        <div v-if="recipe_tree !== undefined" id="manage_tree">
+            <v-jstree :data="recipe_tree"
+                    whole-row
+                    collapse:true
+                    draggable
+                    @item-click="itemClick"
+                    @item-drag-start="itemDragStart"
+                    @item-drag-end="itemDragEnd"
+                    @item-drop-before = "itemDropBefore"
+                    @item-drop="itemDrop">
+                
+                <template scope="_">
+                    <div class="container-fluid" >
+                        <div  @click.ctrl="customItemClickWithCtrl">
+                            <div class="row clearfix" style="width:80%; cursor: grab;" >
+                                <i :class="_.vm.themeIconClasses" role="presentation" v-if="!_.model.loading"></i>
+                                {% verbatim %}
+                                    [[_.model.name]]
+                                {% endverbatim %}
+                                <button style="border: 0px; background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer;" 
+                                    @click="deleteNode(_.vm, _.model, $event)"><i class="fa fa-remove"></i></button>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </template>
+            </v-jstree>
+        </div>
+        <template v-if="error !== undefined">
+            <p>something terrible happened
+        </template>
+    </div>    
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block script %}
+
+<script src="{% url 'javascript-catalog' %}"></script>
+    <script type="application/javascript">
+        let csrftoken = Cookies.get('csrftoken');
+        Vue.http.headers.common['X-CSRFToken'] = csrftoken;
+
+        //Vue.component('vue-multiselect', window.VueMultiselect.default)
+
+        let app = new Vue({
+            components: {
+                Multiselect: window.VueMultiselect.default
+            },
+            delimiters: ['[[', ']]'],
+            el: '#app',
+            data: {
+                html_recipe: '',
+                keywords: [],
+                keywords_loading: false,
+                units: [],
+                units_loading: false,
+                ingredients: [],
+                ingredients_loading: false,
+                recipe_data: undefined,
+                recipe_tree: [],
+                error: undefined,
+                loading: false,
+                all_keywords: false,
+                importing_recipe: false,
+                parsed: false,
+                searchText: '',
+                editingItem: {},
+                editingNode: null,
+                itemEvents: {
+                    mouseover: function () {
+                        console.log('mouseover')
+                    },
+                    contextmenu: function () {
+                        console.log(arguments[2])
+                        arguments[2].preventDefault()
+                        console.log('contextmenu')
+                    }
+                },
+            },
+            directives: {
+                tabindex: {
+                    inserted(el) {
+                        el.setAttribute('tabindex', 0);
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            mounted: function () {
+                this.searchKeywords('')
+                this.searchUnits('')
+                this.searchIngredients('')
+
+            },
+            methods: {
+                makeToast: function (title, message, variant = null) {
+                    //TODO remove duplicate function in favor of central one
+                    this.$bvToast.toast(message, {
+                        title: title,
+                        variant: variant,
+                        toaster: 'b-toaster-top-center',
+                        solid: true
+                    })
+                },
+                loadRecipe: function () {
+                    this.recipe_data = undefined
+                    this.recipe_tree = undefined
+                    this.error = undefined
+                    this.parsed = true
+                    this.loading = true
+                    this.$http.post("{% url 'api_manual_recipe_from_json' %}", {'html_text': this.html_recipe}, {emulateJSON: true}).then((response) => {
+                        console.log(response.data)
+                        this.recipe_data = response.data['recipe_data'];
+                        this.recipe_tree = response.data['recipe_tree'];
+                        this.loading = false
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        this.error = err.data
+                        this.loading = false
+                        this.parsed = false
+                        console.log(err)
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
+                },
+                importRecipe: function () {
+                    if (this.importing_recipe) {
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('Already importing the selected recipe, please wait!'), 'danger')
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    this.importing_recipe = true
+                    this.$set(this.recipe_data, 'all_keywords', this.all_keywords)
+                    this.$http.post(`{% url 'data_import_url' %}`, this.recipe_data).then((response) => {
+                        window.location.href = response.data
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        console.log(err);
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('An error occurred while trying to import this recipe!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
+                },
+                deleteIngredient: function (i) {
+                    this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient = this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient.filter(item => item !== i)
+                },
+                addIngredient: function (i) {
+                    this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient.push({
+                        unit: {id: Math.random() * 1000, text: '{{ request.user.userpreference.default_unit }}'},
+                        amount: 0,
+                        ingredient: {id: Math.random() * 1000, text: ''}
+                    })
+                },
+                addIngredientType: function (tag, index) {
+                    index = index.replace('ingredient_', '')
+                    let new_ingredient = this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index]
+                    new_ingredient.ingredient = {'id': Math.random() * 1000, 'text': tag}
+                    this.ingredients.push(new_ingredient.ingredient)
+                    this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index] = new_ingredient
+                },
+                addUnitType: function (tag, index) {
+                    index = index.replace('unit_', '')
+                    let new_unit = this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index]
+                    new_unit.unit = {'id': Math.random() * 1000, 'text': tag}
+                    this.units.push(new_unit.unit)
+                    this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index] = new_unit
+                },
+                addKeyword: function (tag) {
+                    let new_keyword = {'text':tag,'id':null}
+                    this.recipe_data.keywords.push(new_keyword)
+                },
+                openUnitSelect: function (id) {
+                    let index = id.replace('unit_', '')
+                    if (this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index].unit !== null) {
+                        this.$set(app.$refs.unit[index].$data, 'search', this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index].unit.text)
+                    }
+                },
+                openIngredientSelect: function (id) {
+                    let index = id.replace('ingredient_', '')
+                    this.$set(this.$refs.ingredient[index].$data, 'search', this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient[index].ingredient.text)
+                },
+                searchKeywords: function (query) {
+                    this.keywords_loading = true
+                    this.$http.get("{% url 'dal_keyword' %}" + '?q=' + query).then((response) => {
+                        this.keywords = response.data.results;
+                        this.keywords_loading = false
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        console.log(err)
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
+                },
+                searchUnits: function (query) {
+                    this.units_loading = true
+                    this.$http.get("{% url 'dal_unit' %}" + '?q=' + query).then((response) => {
+                        this.units = response.data.results;
+                        if (this.recipe_data !== undefined) {
+                            for (let x of Array.from(this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient)) {
+                                if (x.unit !== null && x.unit.text !== '') {
+                                    this.units = this.units.filter(item => item.text !== x.unit.text)
+                                    this.units.push(x.unit)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        this.units_loading = false
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        console.log(err)
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
+                },
+                searchIngredients: function (query) {
+                    this.ingredients_loading = true
+                    this.$http.get("{% url 'dal_food' %}" + '?q=' + query).then((response) => {
+                        this.ingredients = response.data.results
+                        if (this.recipe_data !== undefined) {
+                            for (let x of Array.from(this.recipe_data.recipeIngredient)) {
+                                if (x.ingredient.text !== '') {
+                                    this.ingredients = this.ingredients.filter(item => item.text !== x.ingredient.text)
+                                    this.ingredients.push(x.ingredient)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        this.ingredients_loading = false
+                    }).catch((err) => {
+                        console.log(err)
+                        this.makeToast(gettext('Error'), gettext('There was an error loading a resource!') + err.bodyText, 'danger')
+                    })
+                },
+                itemClick (node) {
+                    this.editingNode = node
+                    this.editingItem = node.model
+                    console.log(node.model.text + ' clicked !')
+                },
+                itemDragStart (node) {
+                    console.log(node.model.text + ' drag start !')
+                },
+                itemDragEnd (node) {
+                    console.log(node.model.text + ' drag end !')
+                },
+                itemDropBefore (node, item, draggedItem , e) {
+                    if (!draggedItem) {
+                        item.addChild({
+                            text: "newNode",
+                            value: "newNode"
+                        })
+                    }
+                },
+                itemDrop (node, item, draggedItem , e) {
+                    var sortBy = function(attr,rev) {
+                        if (rev == undefined) {
+                            rev = 1;
+                        } else {
+                            rev = (rev) ? 1 : -1;
+                        }
+                        return function (a, b) {
+                            a = a[attr];
+                            b = b[attr];
+                            if (a < b) {
+                                return rev * -1;
+                            }
+                            if (a > b) {
+                                return rev * 1;
+                            }
+                            return 0;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    item.children.sort(sortBy('text', true))
+                    this.$refs.tree.handleRecursionNodeChildren(draggedItem, function (childrenItem) {
+                        childrenItem.selected = item.selected
+                    })
+                    console.log(node.model.text + ' drop !')
+                },
+                inputKeyUp: function () {
+                    var text = this.searchText
+                    const patt = new RegExp(text);
+                    this.$refs.tree.handleRecursionNodeChilds(this.$refs.tree, function (node) {
+                        if (text !== '' && node.model !== undefined) {
+                            const str = node.model.text
+                            if (patt.test(str)) {
+                                node.$el.querySelector('.tree-anchor').style.color = 'red'
+                            } else {
+                                node.$el.querySelector('.tree-anchor').style.color = '#000'
+                            } // or other operations
+                        } else {
+                            node.$el.querySelector('.tree-anchor').style.color = '#000'
+                        }
+                    })
+                },
+                addChildNode: function () {
+                    if (this.editingItem.id !== undefined) {
+                        this.editingItem.addChild({
+                            text: "newNode",
+                            value: "newNode"
+                        })
+                    }
+                },
+                removeNode: function () {
+                    if (this.editingItem.id !== undefined) {
+                        var index = this.editingNode.parentItem.indexOf(this.editingItem)
+                        this.editingNode.parentItem.splice(index, 1)
+                    }
+                },
+                addBeforeNode: function () {
+                    if (this.editingItem.id !== undefined) {
+                        this.editingItem.addBefore({
+                            text: "newNode",
+                            value: "newNode"
+                        }, this.editingNode)
+                    }
+                },
+                addAfterNode: function () {
+                    if (this.editingItem.id !== undefined) {
+                        this.editingItem.addAfter({
+                            text: "newNode",
+                            value: "newNode"
+                        }, this.editingNode)
+                    }
+                },
+                openChildren: function () {
+                    if (this.editingItem.id !== undefined) {
+                        this.editingItem.openChildren()
+                    }
+                },
+                closeChildren: function () {
+                    if (this.editingItem.id !== undefined) {
+                        this.editingItem.closeChildren()
+                    }
+                },
+                refreshNode: function () {
+                    this.asyncData = [
+                        this.$refs.tree2.initializeLoading()
+                    ]
+                    this.$refs.tree2.handleAsyncLoad(this.asyncData, this.$refs.tree2)
+                },
+                customItemClick: function (node ,item, e) {
+                    e.stopPropagation()
+                    var index = node.parentItem.indexOf(item)
+                    node.parentItem.splice(index, 1)
+                },
+                customItemClickWithCtrl: function () {
+                    console.log('click + ctrl')
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    </script>
+
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
index dbc5c25a..63a819bc 100644
--- a/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
+++ b/cookbook/templates/url_import.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 {% block content %}
     <div id="app">
         <div class="row px-3" style="justify-content:space-between;">
-            <h2> {% trans 'Import' %} </h2> <!--{{ request.get_host }}{% url 'data_import_url' %} -->
+            <h2> {% trans 'Import' %}</h2>
             <a class="btn btn-outline-info btn-sm" 
                 style="height:50%"
                 href="{% bookmarklet request.get_host request.is_secure %}" 
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@
     <script type="application/javascript">
         let csrftoken = Cookies.get('csrftoken');
         Vue.http.headers.common['X-CSRFToken'] = csrftoken;
-
         Vue.component('vue-multiselect', window.VueMultiselect.default)
 
         let app = new Vue({
@@ -626,13 +625,13 @@
                 recipe_data: undefined,
                 error: undefined,
                 loading: false,
-                preview: false,
+                preview: {{preview}},
                 preview_type: 'json',
                 all_keywords: false,
                 importing_recipe: false,
-                recipe_json: undefined,
-                recipe_tree: undefined,
-                recipe_html: undefined,
+                recipe_json: {{recipe_json|safe}},
+                recipe_tree: {{recipe_tree|safe}},
+                recipe_html: {{recipe_html|safe}},
                 automatic: true,
                 show_blank: false,
                 blank_field: '',
diff --git a/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py b/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
index 5ce3c67f..ab53919b 100644
--- a/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
+++ b/cookbook/templatetags/custom_tags.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def bookmarklet(host, secure):
         if(window.bookmarkletTandoor!==undefined){ \
             bookmarkletTandoor(); \
         } else { \
-            localStorage.setItem('importURL', '"+ prefix + host + reverse('api_bookmarklet') +"'); \
+            localStorage.setItem('importURL', '" + prefix + host + reverse('api_bookmarklet') + "'); \
             document.body.appendChild(document.createElement(\'script\')).src=\'"  \
             + prefix + host + static('js/bookmarklet.js') + "? \
             r=\'+Math.floor(Math.random()*999999999);}})();"
diff --git a/cookbook/urls.py b/cookbook/urls.py
index 39d7cb6d..8bbf1ef6 100644
--- a/cookbook/urls.py
+++ b/cookbook/urls.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('api/recipe-from-source/', api.recipe_from_source, name='api_recipe_from_source'),
     path('api/backup/', api.get_backup, name='api_backup'),
     path('api/ingredient-from-string/', api.ingredient_from_string, name='api_ingredient_from_string'),
+    path('api/bookmarklet/', api.bookmarklet, name='api_bookmarklet'),
 
     path('dal/keyword/', dal.KeywordAutocomplete.as_view(), name='dal_keyword'),
     path('dal/food/', dal.IngredientsAutocomplete.as_view(), name='dal_food'),
diff --git a/cookbook/views/api.py b/cookbook/views/api.py
index a1d1f390..334e51f6 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/api.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/api.py
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ from django.core import management
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError, ValidationError
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.db.models import Q
-from django.http import FileResponse, HttpResponse, JsonResponse
-from django.shortcuts import redirect, get_object_or_404
+from django.http import FileResponse, HttpResponse, JsonResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.shortcuts import redirect, render, get_object_or_404
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from icalendar import Calendar, Event
 from rest_framework import decorators, viewsets, status
 from rest_framework.exceptions import APIException, PermissionDenied, NotFound, MethodNotAllowed
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ from cookbook.helper.permission_helper import (CustomIsAdmin, CustomIsGuest,
                                                CustomIsShared, CustomIsUser,
                                                group_required)
 from cookbook.helper.recipe_html_import import get_recipe_from_source
-from cookbook.helper.recipe_url_import import get_from_scraper, find_recipe_json
+from cookbook.helper.recipe_url_import import get_from_scraper
 from cookbook.models import (CookLog, Food, Ingredient, Keyword, MealPlan,
                              MealType, Recipe, RecipeBook, ShoppingList,
                              ShoppingListEntry, ShoppingListRecipe, Step,
@@ -655,3 +657,13 @@ def ingredient_from_string(request):
         },
         status=200
     )
+
+
+@group_required('user')
+@csrf_exempt
+def bookmarklet(request):
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        if 'recipe' in request.POST:
+            recipe_json, recipe_tree, recipe_html, images = get_recipe_from_source(request.POST['recipe'], request.POST['url'], request.space)
+        return render(request, 'url_import.html', {'recipe_json': recipe_json, 'recipe_tree': recipe_tree, 'recipe_html': recipe_html, 'preview': 'true'})
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('view_search'))
diff --git a/cookbook/views/data.py b/cookbook/views/data.py
index 1b91bfd9..1820ac7c 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/data.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/data.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def import_url(request):
 
         return HttpResponse(reverse('view_recipe', args=[recipe.pk]))
 
-    return render(request, 'url_import.html', {})
+    return render(request, 'url_import.html', {'recipe_json': 'undefined', 'recipe_tree': 'undefined', 'recipe_html': 'undefined', 'preview': 'false'})
 
 
 class Object(object):